Tesch thanks church food pantry
Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch has thanked the Woy Woy Seventh-Day Adventist Church food pantry for its service. The food pantry provides affordable groceries and resources to struggling families…
Business
Council’s VendorPanel Marketplace to support local procurement
Central Coast Council is making it easier for local businesses to supply it with products and services.
Simply Cups Program diverts 12 million coffee cups from landfill
Two hundred thousand coffee cups have been diverted from landfill since last August through Erina Fair’s coffee cup recycling program. In August 2019, the centre partnered with Closed Loop and…
Nominations called for 2020 SafeWork Awards
Central Coast residents are being encouraged to nominate local businesses for the 2020 SafeWork NSW Awards, which acknowledge businesses that demonstrate an outstanding approach to work health and safety.
Building a JobKeeper and JobSeeker “heat map” for the Central Coast
Over 47 per cent of Central Coast businesses, some 11,453 organisations in total, were receiving JobKeeper payments in May. The JobKeeper data, compiled by local data analytics company, See Change,…
Local online marketplace receives $10,000 from Facebook
Locally administered online website, Spend With Us, has received a $10,000 grant from Facebook as part of its Groups Fund initiative.
153 objections to Tumbi Umbi rehab home
Tumbi Umbi residents will be re-notified of a proposed transitional home for drug and alcohol rehabilitation in their area after Central Coast Council receives more information. Council has given the…
Is small business stimulus hitting the mark?
The State Opposition has called on the NSW Government to review the effectiveness of its support programs for small businesses, with the JobSeeker and JobKeeper programs set to be phased…
Getting back on track
Business NSW Central Coast has urged all levels of government to work together to get the state’s economy back on track as the fallout from COVID-19 continues to be felt…
Umina Beach aged care facility nears completion
A $30M aged care facility is set to open its doors at Umina Beach in coming weeks. Peninsula Villages has announced that construction on its 114-bed ageing in place development,…
Another amendment sought for an approved manufactured home estate
Public comment is open until August 21 about an amended proposal for a manufactured home estate at 205 Elizabeth Bay Dr, Lake Munmorah. The original proposal for 52 dwellings was…
Rejected boarding house proposal to be reviewed
The developer of a proposed boarding house at Ourimbah has requested Central Coast Council to review its refusal of the project. Urbanesque Planning Pty Ltd, on behalf of owner Pinchgut…
New vehicle sanitisation station for taxi, uber drivers
Taxi and Uber drivers on the Central Coast can have their vehicles kept COVID safe for free, thanks to a new vehicle sanitisation station which opened at West Gosford on…
Local businesses team up to support others
Two Central Coast businesses have teamed up to provide personalised automatic sanitisation stands for businesses, sporting clubs and community organisations as fears of a second wave of COVID-19 in NSW…
Councillor Marquart’s absence critical to Operating Plan vote
The absence of Councillor Troy Marquart proved critical, as it turned out, to the passage of Council’s 2020/21 Operating Plan. In a statement to Coast Community News, Councillor Marquart said…
Extension to Epicentre San Remo Neighbourhood Centre approved
Central Coast Local Planning Panel has approved plans for an extension to Epicentre San Remo Neighbourhood Centre. The panel met on July 23 to deal with a development application (430/2019)…
Construction started on the ING purpose built office
Construction started on July 20 on the ING purpose built office in Wyong, which is due to open in 2022 and provide 400 jobs. ING Australia’s CEO, Uday Sareen, said…
Contractionary operational budget passed after a fiery debate
This year’s operational budget was passed on the Mayor’s casting vote after a fiery debate that lasted almost two hours at Central Coast Council’s July 27 meeting. The outcome could…
JobKeeper hits the mark and will continue to provide support
[Editorial by Josh Frydenburg] Since JobKeeper was announced on the 30th March it has provided a massive economic and psychological boost to the nation. At a cost of $70 billion…
Small businesses cautious on utilising loan guarantee scheme
Business NSW Central Coast has cautiously welcomed a recent announcement of an extension of the Federal Government’s Coronavirus SME Guarantee Scheme but says businesses remain concerned about a range of…